Looking at TV based on the Total Viewer average audience, Resurrection's premiere drew 13.9 million total viewers in the Live + Same Day window, plus an additional 3.1 million timeshifted viewers in days 1-3. The Saturday encore garnered 3.9 million viewers, and the episode was viewed 849k times across ABC's Full Episode Player, Hulu, MVPD partners and Live Linear (ABC Online) over its first 7 days.

Resurrection is the most-watched regular-timeslot drama debut of the season in Live+3, edging out NBC's The Blacklist.